Einstein’s brain

During his life, Albert Einstein made some of the world’s greatest scientific discoveries. However, the location of his brain, which was controversially removed by the pathologist Dr Thomas Harvey upon Einstein’s death in 1955, remained a mystery for years. A new TV series, co-presented by UCL’s Dr Mark Lythgoe and physicist Dr Jim Al-Khalili, uncovers the odyssey of Einstein’s brain in order to understand whether a person’s brain, even after death, can reveal the truth behind their genius.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news2778.html">Einstein’s brain</a></p> <p>During his life, Albert Einstein made some of the world’s greatest scientific discoveries. However, the location of his brain, which was controversially removed by the pathologist Dr Thomas Harvey upon Einstein’s death in 1955, remained a mystery for years. A new TV series, co-presented by UCL’s Dr Mark Lythgoe and physicist Dr Jim Al-Khalili, uncovers the odyssey of Einstein’s brain in order to understand whether a person’s brain, even after death, can reveal the truth behind their genius.</p>